Garment of Shadows

alyssanoelxox says:I don't know how to rate this book. Up until the last chapter, I would have said this was one of my favorite of the Mary Russell series. I loved the setting and the rich atmosphere.... The setup, while quite a stretch, was a fun scenario from which to examine Mary and Holmes's relationship. The historical context is probably rather dry and overly detailed, but it's a part of history I find quite fascinating. All in all, many of the elements I quite enjoy in King's well researched romps... But the ending was so abrupt, and so frustrating, it totally threw me out of my enjoyment of the book. The last chapters include a reveal that has huge implications for the relationship between Mary, Holmes and several characters who we have gotten to know and care about over the course of the series. The fallout of those ramifications could be their own book, and certainly needed several chapters to address it satisfyingly. Instead, once the mystery is solved; the emotional ramifications are totally dropped and everyone moves on... This has been a frustrating element in several of King's books ('Monstrous Regiment of Women' comes to mind), but given that it happened with characters who had only recently been introduced for the duration of one book, the abrupt resolution (or lack thereof) was less impactful. Not so here.MoreLessShow More Show Less

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